No More Apartment Prepping… Any advice?

by suburban | May 12, 2014 | Personal, Preparedness, Prepping

Well, it seems I usu­al­ly start out a post with, “It’s been a while, but…”  In this case, I can say that it’s been just about two months; it’s been stress­ful, reward­ing, expen­sive, and much more.  Any­way, as the title says, I’m out of the... Read more

Raise Your Hand if You’ve Ever Used Your Fish Mox

by suburban | Mar 11, 2014 | Health, Medical, Personal, Preparedness, Self Reliance

Two weeks ago I trav­eled for work.  Over the week­end, I felt myself start­ing to feel like crap.  By Mon­day I felt like I had strep throat and bron­chi­tis.  hav­ing both of them in the past I basi­cal­ly self diag­nosed.  I was going to dive... Read more

Review: Where There Is No FEMA, Survival for Normal People in (Very) Abnormal Times, by Richard Bryant

by suburban | Mar 2, 2014 | Books, Preparedness

I was asked to review the book “Where There Is No FEMA.”  I’ve been turn­ing down many book reviews late­ly for two rea­sons.  First, because my time has been very lim­it­ed with work, and sec­ond, because I find many books on the Prep­per genre strik­ing­ly... Read more

New Orleans City Tour. Artifacts of Katrina, 10 Years Later

by suburban | Feb 25, 2014 | Preparedness, suburban survival, Survivalism, Urban Survival

Hey every­one.  This week­end I am in New Orleans for the very first time for a work con­fer­ence.  I am for­tu­nate enough to have my sig­nif­i­cant oth­er with me to enjoy the week­end with.  We’re hav­ing a good time.  Din­ner, & a cou­ple... Read more

Inexpensive DIY Tin Can Lighting and Cooking

by suburban | Feb 4, 2014 | Cooking, Light, Preparedness, Prepping, Stoves

As a life prep­per and sur­vival expert in the high desert there are cer­tain things that I cen­ter on when it comes to my fam­i­lies safe­ty, com­fort and sur­vival. The con­cen­tra­tion for todays arti­cle is on DIY light. Con­trary to pop­u­lar myth the high desert... Read more